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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 12:32:38 EST
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ADDRESSES WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
President Heidar Aliev told a 25 February conference in Washington entitled "Energy Corridor East-West: Reality" that construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil-export pipeline will guarantee peace and stability in the South Caucasus, Turan reported the following day. But Aliev admitted that unresolved regional conflicts, including the one over Nagorno-Karabakh, are hindering development of the South Caucasus. He warned that the Azerbaijani people are increasingly demanding a new war to reestablish control over Karabakh. Other speakers at the conference included Azerbaijan International Operating Company President David Woodward, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic President Natik Aliev, and Turkish Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yurdagul Yigitguden. Interfax quoted Aliev as telling journalists in Baku on 24 February prior to his departure for Washington that the objective of the conference is to dispel doubts about the financial viability of both the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeli
ne and the planned gas-export pipeline from Baku via Tbilisi to Erzerum. LF
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